For me there is barely another colour worse to take a decent shot.This colour does not want to be banned on media. My quiltalong quilt had to suffer a lot of takes, now it is sleeping in the "brood room" under the roof and a good quilting idea will come - sooner or later!

I am a from the gut- kind of photographer, neither shutterbug nor pro, I shoot instinctively and delete what does not fit in my wish list.Hail to the digital camera!

After a trip to Breckerfeld, the next nearby possibilty in our neighbourhood for winter sports to pick up my youngest daughter from a pajama party we both made a detour to the open air museum for handicrafts in Hagen.The Mäckingerbach valley in its first green, chirping birds from all trees, a soft breeze and beautifully displayed timber framed houses where antique handicrafts were shown...........and a visit to the indigo dye works were just the right amount of cultural input.

Pure inspiration for a blue creative phase after all these clourful splashes...

At home I got on the hunt for purple leaves and friends and this is what I found in our handful of backyard.

Have a good and refreshing weekend!Next time I post from the seaside of life.